Shadow Slave

Usually, it would have taken Kai a lot longer to fly across the city to reach the tranquil terrace district… not that he would have. But today, the famous idol neglected his habit of staying low and out of sight. It seemed that his speed increased tremendously, as well, because ten minutes later, he was already at Sunny's door.

Maybe because of that, there was no crowd of paparazzi following him.

As they waited for Cassie, Effie rummaged through the empty refrigerator, then walked away from it with a disappointed sigh.

"There's no food!"

Sunny, who was evaluating the damage the boisterous huntress had done to the guest bedroom, glanced at her darkly.

"We've been gone for months. What did you expect?"

Effie made a sad face, then shrugged.

"But I'm hungry!"

Sunny let out an exasperated breath.

"...I have some synthpaste, if you want."

She shuddered and opened her mouth to retort, but at that moment, there was a knock on the door. If not for the haughty shadow standing guard outside — reluctantly, of course, since mundane tasks such as this were grossly beneath it — Sunny would have tensed up.

However, he already knew that it was Cassie.

The blind girl walked inside, froze for a moment, then raised a deliciously smelling package.

"...I brought food."

a quick glance at

Someone has

did not stare at the archer for

Master, his looks assumed an almost hypnotizing

fact, every one of them became much better looking, albeit to a different degree. After studying Kai and Cassie for a bit, Sunny couldn't help but shake his head

Jet possessed an intangible quality that no one he had ever met was able to match. The four

And Sunny himself?

himself unassuming anymore. The scrawny kid from the outskirts was gone. Instead, a young

darkness, visible only to Sunny himself, golden threads of Weaver's forbidden legacy glowed

them settled around the table and shared a silent

the four seemed too joyous… well, except for Effie, who couldn't stop grinning

free, however, just

wouldn't they be? Inside the Nightmare, there was no time for weakness. They had to carry on no matter how deep the wounds dealt to their souls cut. Now that the danger had passed and the members of the cohort were back in

the Ivory City… all of it was slowly coming

had their share of demons to quell, no

himself a cup of

remember

at the archer with

were swallowed

Kai smiled with embarrassment:

sort of… jumped into his mouth. Because I didn't know how else

anything. She even forgot about her food

down, then

not trust anyone with the knives, I think. After

for a